TEACHERS ‘WILL STEP UP STRIKES’
...as bosses say jobs could be cut
TEACHERS in Inverclyde have warned that they will intensify strikes unless a better pay-rise offer is tabled —as bosses say their demands could jeopardise jobs.
Schools right across the district closed their doors yesterday as staff demand a 10 per cent wage hike, but now more walkouts loom amid deadlock in the dispute.
EIS Inverclyde branch president John Girkins toured picket lines and said the public had shown strong support, but council leader Stephen McCabe has today warned that there is no extra money available and a bigger payrise will force cuts.